Ronaldo

As slow as Nicky Butt apparently.

Made £42 today. Just stuck £30 on Madrid-2 at 2/1.

We came close. Beating Sheff Wed 10-0 in 99-00.

And again, 3-0.

Modric looks superb. Big shame he turned us down.

That'll do.

Both goals also gave us a 3 goal lead.

Didn't even think of Johnson tbh. Defoe has time on his side, his improvements in the last 2 or 3 years have been massive. I was glad he didn't go to WC 2006 but will be very happy to see him play this time round.

'I smoke the right way. Everyone else is doing it wrong.' Shocker. I get the impression that your post count would be zero if you weren't allowed to quote. Definite lack of initiative.

They're all a fair bit older than him tbh.

Smoking isn't bad in moderation. I've smoked 2 cigars a week for nearly 5 years and no less fitter than I was. It's the idiots who chain smoke 20 a day that do their airways damage.

He is the Arsenal of strikers does brilliantly against s**** & usually f*** all against the big 4. More a reflection of the team than the player. That said, in the group stages and next 2 rounds of the WC, he's hardly likely to come up against anything near a Terry, Ferdinand or Vidic. It looks good for him.

We're on for 96 again.

I like Defoe, he's becoming a very good goalscorer.

My double appears to be coming off. Put £13 and change on Liverpool - City to draw when it was HT at 6/5. Also put Spurs (d no b) on at 4/9.

He'll end up with 12 goals this season, baffling.

Yeah, that's certainly the way it looks whenever he faces Drogba.

He didn't play. IF Mattock didn't play either. Bit of a random one to bring up.

He didn't play.

The face on Bob Matthews there, fuck off you Italian prick.

Taylor hasn't looked a goal threat at all this season tbh.

He looks as bad as Huntington.

Average, is that a joke?

Depends if Butt retires and Barton can stay fit. He's a better defender on his own merit this year though.

We all know he's not particularly quick and he isn't the strongest either. It's about finding a way to adapt your game to the demands of english football. Plenty have done it, very few did it in their first season behind a woeful, woeful midfield.